Remember the TV advertisements in the UK with the orange man saying "you've been tango'd"? That's how I've been feeling this week. You see we leave for England today and I hate to see any of our homegrown fruit go to waste, so I've been busy dehydrating more oranges!

Using a mandoline to slice all the fruit, leaves me smelling strongly of oranges, but also, as they dehydrate, the whole house smells of them! I tried leaving the door closed in the room where the dehydrator was, but when I went in to check on them, it was quite heady and over powering!!! Made you definitely feel like you had been tango'd!

Even by the time I went to bed, all I could smell was oranges!

But I have to say, I have been loving the orange slices. I've dipped some of them in sugar free homemade raw chocolate (78%) and they taste just like Terry's chocolate oranges! And I love that they are crispy.

I will take a few slices back with me to the UK - for my own snacking - and also so others can have a taste.

Dehydrating fruit

So here is the dehydrated fruit I made - what is left of it, and before its all gone!

Don't the oranges look nice and glossy!

And I love the waviness of the apples - like they have been gently pleated as they dried.

What is your favorite dried fruit? I don't like pears - they turn a little gritty, and last year I did some of our green table grapes that we grew - making yummy sultanas.....Maybe I'll have to do persimmons this year... Now if only you could dry quince without cooking them.....

I wonder what my next dehydrator project will be???? Oh, if only there were more hours in the day. I love having so many ideas in my head!